“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land,” 2 Chronicles 7:14
Thursday, many in Choctaw County gathered to pray for their families, friends, county, state, nation as a whole.
Enon Cumberland hosted National Day of Prayer at the Choctaw County Courthouse at noon. Bro. Jerry Lawson said it’s the church 23rd year hosting the prayer service. He said each year he’s seen it get bigger and bigger.
“There was that one COVID year that we didn’t have it,” he said. Lawson said
He said the goal is just to come together and pray. “Where there is unity, there is serenity,” Lawson said.
Chancery Clerk Steve Montgomery opened the program with explaining why we pray and used the analogy of having a little red wagon.
“When I was little, I had a little red wagon,” Montgomery said. “And, I used to carry rocks in that little red wagon, it was hard to carry rocks in it. But, I didn’t care because I had a wagon. That’s how prayer is. If it’s something I can’t handle, I put it in my wagon, and I say “Lord,” that’s all I have to say. And when my wagon’s full, I say ‘Lord, I can’t carry my wagon anymore,’” Montgomery said as he became emotional. “When I leave, I leave with no worries because I put them in a wagon and I give them to the Lord.”
Montgomery was followed by Sheriff Brandon Busby, Sue Tarver, Lawson, Rev. Sammie Barksdale and Averie Gundy, the new Miss Choctaw County DYW for the Class of 2024.
Barksdale told those in attendance, that when the people of the country and the world follow what 2 Chronicles 7:14 says, then we’ll begin to see the hand of God move, like never before.
Emotions flowed through the room, and at that moment nothing else mattered. No denomination, class, school, creed, or even color. All that mattered was that many in the county bowed in prayer together.
That was the most important part.
